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"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Tolstoy begins War and Peace with families and families are at the center of all...
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Category Five
With winds of 300 miles-per-hour and waves rising to over 90 feet, Hurricane Helena promises to be the deadliest storm in recorded history. Meanwhile, an even...
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Zero Separation
Donovan Nash has a secret he'll do anything to keep. But he's the prime suspect after someone steals a fifty million dollar executive jet, and FBI agent...
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Sick Justice
The U.S. holds 2.3 million of its people behind bars. That’s a population about the size of Houston’s, the country’s fourth-largest city. The number far exceeds...
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There are incidents and emergencies in the world that defy logical explanation, events that could be defined as supernatural, extraterrestrial, or simply...
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On the banks of Lake Drummond, on the edge of The Great Dismal Swamp, there is a tree in the shape of a woman. One dark, moonlit night, two artists met at The Lake...
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The Iris Covenant
  A young nuclear scientist is found dead in the parking lot of a Virginia laboratory. The briefcase he was carrying has disappeared. A hero abroad and at home...
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The Wave was written to answer a question Arlene Goldbard is often asked: You say we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift, a radical change in worldview that...
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The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists & The Future
  We are in the midst of seismic cultural change. In the old paradigm, priorities are shaped by a mechanistic worldview that privileges whatever can be...
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  Set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, Red Mountain: Birmingham, Alabama, 1965 is the coming of age story of Eddie and Chrissy, young white...
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In sweltering heat of September of 1970 on Legion Field, the USC Trojans and the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide played a game that defined the emancipation of...
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White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son
White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection, addressing racism and white privilege in the United States. Herein, Wise examines what it...
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 Praise for Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need To Get Published Now "This is THE book that every would-be author needs to own. It's full of...
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The extraordinary story of an all-American girl's conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning...
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Laurie R. King’s New York Times bestselling novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, comprise one of today’s most acclaimed...
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Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other’s trucks, and...
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Ground beneath Her Feet
In this remaking of the myth of Orpheus, Rushdie tells the story of Vina Apsara, a pop star, and Ormus Cama, an extraordinary songwriter and musician, who captivate...
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Here's a copy of my personal essay that was broadcast on National Public Radio's KQED today.  http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R810270737
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Product DescriptionTHE 1969 MIRACLE METS is a retrospective of the 1969 season and World Series championship of the "Amazin Mets", scheduled for March...
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In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why...
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